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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] fun quote
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:52:56 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d344f4a027087d71dcf2b4c5d63aaacc@quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4AB22CC9.1090201@0x6a.com>

> Now, Plan 9's kernel is pretty old too, isn't it?

that's the point.  age is a red herring.

> What has saved other 'popular' kernels from this?  For instance, no body
> ever complains about FreeBSD being a complex cluster, but it has
> pretty wide adoption (even as a 'desktop').  What about OS X?  Has
> Apple's arrogance and secrecy saved it from....  open source
> development?  It seems like they release code only after they are damn
> sure they've gotten all they can out of it.

so you're saying that osx is not complicated?

- erik



  reply	other threads:[~2009-09-17 12:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-09-17 12:14 erik quanstrom
2009-09-17 12:34 ` Jack Norton
2009-09-17 12:52   ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2009-09-17 15:30     ` Jack Norton
2009-09-17 16:00       ` james toy
2009-09-17 16:05       ` David Leimbach
2009-09-17 16:02     ` David Leimbach
2009-09-17 16:27 ` matt
2009-09-17 16:45   ` erik quanstrom

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